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February 27, 2017

Results Table

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Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Current (versus previous month)
Indicator	Feb Index	Jan Index	Change	Indicator Direction*	Trend** (Months)	% Reporting Increase	% Reporting No Change	% Reporting Decrease
Production	16.7	11.9	+4.8	Increasing	8	31.5	53.7	14.8
Capacity Utilization	14.7	9.1	+5.6	Increasing	8	28.5	57.7	13.8
New Orders	11.6	15.7	–4.1	Increasing	4	28.8	54.0	17.2
Growth Rate of Orders	2.0	6.7	–4.7	Increasing	2	20.5	61.0	18.5
Unfilled Orders	0.7	5.2	–4.5	Increasing	2	15.8	69.1	15.1
Shipments	12.2	15.8	–3.6	Increasing	3	29.1	54.0	16.9
Delivery Time	5.8	–5.4	+11.2	Increasing	1	13.7	78.4	7.9
Materials Inventories	9.7	–5.3	+15.0	Increasing	1	23.6	62.5	13.9
Finished Goods Inventories	–2.6	–8.8	+6.2	Decreasing	4	12.3	72.8	14.9
Prices Paid for Raw Materials	31.5	30.8	+0.7	Increasing	12	35.8	59.9	4.3
Prices Received for Finished Goods	19.5	17.7	+1.8	Increasing	7	24.8	69.9	5.3
Wages and Benefits	19.5	20.8	–1.3	Increasing	87	21.7	76.1	2.2
Employment	9.6	6.1	+3.5	Increasing	2	19.1	71.4	9.5
Hours Worked	7.7	9.1	–1.4	Increasing	4	18.3	71.1	10.6
Capital Expenditures	14.4	16.3	–1.9	Increasing	6	19.4	75.6	5.0

General Business Conditions Current (versus previous month)
Indicator	Index	Jan Index	Change	Indicator Direction*	Trend** (Months)	% Reporting Improved	% Reporting No Change	% Reporting Worsened
Company Outlook	17.6	25.0	–7.4	Improving	6	29.2	59.2	11.6
General Business Activity	24.5	22.1	+2.4	Improving	5	33.2	58.1	8.7

Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Future (six months ahead)
Indicator	Feb Index	Jan Index	Change	Indicator Direction*	Trend** (Months)	% Reporting Increase	% Reporting No Change	% Reporting Decrease
Production	46.4	53.9	–7.5	Increasing	96	54.3	37.8	7.9
Capacity Utilization	45.2	49.9	–4.7	Increasing	96	54.4	36.4	9.2
New Orders	51.0	55.2	–4.2	Increasing	96	57.2	36.6	6.2
Growth Rate of Orders	39.9	48.4	–8.5	Increasing	96	46.6	46.8	6.7
Unfilled Orders	11.3	16.6	–5.3	Increasing	17	21.9	67.5	10.6
Shipments	42.8	51.8	–9.0	Increasing	96	50.2	42.4	7.4
Delivery Time	6.1	4.4	+1.7	Increasing	3	13.1	79.9	7.0
Materials Inventories	6.2	3.7	+2.5	Increasing	3	21.4	63.4	15.2
Finished Goods Inventories	4.6	13.7	–9.1	Increasing	8	19.1	66.4	14.5
Prices Paid for Raw Materials	36.4	38.7	–2.3	Increasing	95	40.9	54.5	4.5
Prices Received for Finished Goods	31.5	32.8	–1.3	Increasing	13	36.0	59.5	4.5
Wages and Benefits	45.0	42.5	+2.5	Increasing	153	45.9	53.2	0.9
Employment	38.9	37.7	+1.2	Increasing	51	46.5	45.8	7.6
Hours Worked	12.2	14.3	–2.1	Increasing	9	20.5	71.2	8.3
Capital Expenditures	33.0	26.6	+6.4	Increasing	87	35.8	61.5	2.8

General Business Conditions Future (six months ahead)
Indicator	Index	Jan Index	Change	Indicator Direction*	Trend** (Months)	% Reporting Increase	% Reporting No Change	% Reporting Worsened
Company Outlook	35.6	48.8	–13.2	Improving	13	44.0	47.5	8.4
General Business Activity	37.0	43.7	–6.7	Improving	9	45.5	45.9	8.5

*Indicator direction refers to this month's index. If index is positive (negative), indicator is increasing (decreasing) or improving (worsening). If zero, indicator is unchanged.

**Number of months moving in current direction.

Data have been seasonally adjusted as necessary.